Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the cities of Pazarcik and Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, where the earthquake’s epicenter was recorded.
Television footage showed Erdogan walking through the crowd and hugging a crying woman.
The Turkish president also countered criticism that the government was slow to respond. “Initially there were problems at the airports and on the roads, but today it will be easier and tomorrow it will be even easier,” mention.
“We have mobilized all our resources. The state is doing its job”creased.
Erdogan, who will contest elections on May 14 that are expected to be hotly contested, promised to rebuild the damaged regions within a year.
The Turkish president said 13 million people in Turkey were affected by the devastating effects of the earthquake and with regard to Syria, the United Nations is guaranteeing that it will use all “means possible” to provide relief to survivors in opposition-controlled areas.
On Monday, Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in the ten affected provinces, underlining that these earthquakes are the country’s worst natural disaster since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake in eastern Turkey, which killed more than 32,000 people.
Source: DN
